Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you again for being here, Minister. It's a pleasure to have you.
I want to revisit what the UN special rapporteur said. It is significant, after all. You were questioned about it, and in response to a Conservative member's question, you tried to skirt the issue. You said that you didn't know what the descendants of former slaves would think of that characterization. The UN special rapporteur referred to contemporary forms of slavery, and that's exactly what this is. It has nothing to do with what happened in the past. You don't need a Ph.D. in nuclear physics to understand what is meant by contemporary forms of slavery.
Do you see nothing wrong with the UN special rapporteur describing practices in Canada as contemporary forms of slavery? If you think it's okay, do you agree with what he said?